The #1 reason why 3D Hunting Supply use only 100% REAL WHITE OAKS to make our white oak acorn cover scent & attractant. Pretty interesting article Live the Legend 9/13/2013 11:43:00 AM White Oak Acorns Do oak trees cover half or more of the land where you hunt? If so, you’ve probably noticed that the number of deer seen in fields, crossing the road, etc., has decreased significantly during the past week or so. That’s because deer love acorns – especially white oak acorns. Matter of fact, deer were consuming acorns literally 100’s of years before the first soybean was planted in the U.S.A. (soybeans are from northern China). Deer will abandon almost every type of forage crop and eat acorns, especially this time of year when freshly ripe acorns are available. Deer strongly prefer white oak over red oak acorns. White oak acorns have a lower concentration of tannic acid compared to red oak acorns. This acid makes acorns, especially red oak acorns taste very bitter! Knowing that deer love acorns, especially white oak acorns during the early season, makes it seem easy to find a good stand location. That is the case if you hunt in an area where most of the land is row crop agriculture and acorns are only available in a limited area. Find the acorns and you’ll likely know exactly where deer are feeding! Selecting a stand location is much more difficult if you hunt in an area where an oak forest covers most of the land. Some years there can literally be acorns everywhere. That results in deer having a preferred food source everywhere. Locating where deer are feeding requires a lot of boot work when the food source is in the forest and visibility is limited. Making it even tougher is the fact that deer can and often do bed close to the food source compared to when deer travel from cover to feed in an open ag field. It’s much easier to get quietly into the downwind side of a ag field and let deer come to you verses going to a stand in the woods knowing that deer could be bedded anywhere. If freshly ripe white oak acorns are available where you hunt, that’s most likely what deer will be having for dinner. If you hunt in an area that is primarily agriculture fields, finding and hunting the limited white oak trees is a relatively easy strategy. If you hunt where oaks cover the land, lace up your boots - it’s time to do some on the ground scouting. Growing and hunting deer together, Dr. Grant Woods, GrowingDeer.tv
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 22:22:34 +0000
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